William George Bunter (aka. Billy Bunter, the "Fat Owl of the Remove"), is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name 'FRANK RICHARDS'. He featured originally in stories set at Greyfriars School in the boys' weekly magazine The Magnet first published in 1908, and has since appeared in hardback books, TV, stage plays and comic strips.
Charles Hamilton invented the character for an unpublished story in the late 1890s; he claimed it was derived from three persons: a corpulent editor, a short-sighted relative, and another relative who was perpetually trying to raise a loan on the strength of the anticipated arrival of a cheque.
Charles Hamilton also created the Famous Five, Tom Merry, Jimmy Silver and many others.
Hardback Billy Bunter Books in order of publication:
(The First 11 titles were published by Charles Skilton)
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, 1947
Billy Bunter's Banknote, 1948
Billy Bunter's Barring Out, 1948
Billy Bunter in Brazil, 1949
Billy Bunter's Christmas Party, 1949
Bessie Bunter of Cliff House School, 1949
Billy Bunter's Benefit, 1950
Billy Bunter Among the Cannibals, 1950
Billy Bunter's Postal Order, 1951
Billy Bunter Butts In, 1951
Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius, 1952* (*This is alleged to be the rarest title.)
(Cassell then took over with the publishing of the Billy Bunter series.)
Billy Bunter's Beanfeast, 1952
Billy Bunter's Brainwave, 1953
Billy Bunter's First Case, 1953
Billy Bunter the Bold, 1954
Bunter Does His Best, 1954
Billy Bunter's Double, 1955
Backing Up Billy Bunter, 1955
Lord Billy Bunter, 1956
The Banishing of Billy Bunter, 1956
Billy Bunter's Bolt, 1957
Billy Bunter Afloat, 1957
Billy Bunter's Bargain, 1958
Billy Bunter the Hiker, 1958
Bunter Out of Bounds, 1959
Bunter Comes for Christmas, 1959
Bunter the Bad Lad, 1960
Bunter Keeps it Dark, 1960
Billy Bunter's Treasure Hunt, 1961
Billy Bunter at Butlins, 1961** (** The dust jacket came in two designs, one promoting Butlin's Holiday Camp.)
Bunter the Ventriloquist, 1961
Bunter the Caravanner, 1962
Billy Bunter's Bodyguard, 1962
Big Chief Bunter, 1963
Just Like Bunter, 1963
Bunter the Stowaway, 1964
Thanks to Bunter, 1964
Bunter the Sportsman, 1965
Bunter's Last Fling, 1965
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